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Gentle Dental Dover

Gentle Dental Dover

3.0(27 reviews)
4.3 mi

There are certain things for which you don't want to cheap out: Brakes. Surgery. National…read moreDefense. Dental Work. "Good enough" isn't good enough when you're talking about your choppers, which we all hope will last us well into our golden years. Enter JD Howard Dental. I've been coming here for nearly 15 years and I'm very happy with my teeth and how they're treated here. I'm 55, so I've been around the block a bit with dentists. Are they expensive? Yes. Dentistry is expensive. Are they WORTH it? Yes. You will be treated very well (like an old friend), and your teeth will be the best that they can be. I have insurance, but it's not bottomless - the hygienists at JD Howard (Nichole, to be exact) go out of their way to advise me how best to utilize my insurance dollars, and are hip to the fact that I don't have an endless wallet. Bottom line: you want your teeth in the best possible hands? Go to JD Howard.

I've been a patient at JD Howard dental for approximately seven years now and I have always been…read morehappy with the stellar service. I, as are many of the patients at JD Howard dental, am a bona fide sufferer of dentophobia. If not for modern dentistry, and all of the amenities offered with regards to comfort, I'm quite certain all of my teeth would rot and fall right out of my mouth. I know many other people feel the same way and that's why we search out dental practices that provide sedation dentistry without judgment. My phobia is so bad that I require sedation with regular dental cleanings. Apparently, sedation dentistry is no longer a major part of this practice because I don't see it anywhere on the website. Until recently that form of sedation for me was nitrous oxide. Though ironically, I have never really had much of a fear of the needle when requiring Novacaine. I know that's a little unusual, but it's true. Recently, I have heard that the practice was sold by Dr. Howard and bought by a corporation. The things that I'm experiencing there now are pretty typical of businesses that are bought by corporations and the biggest issue there is the patient always seems to come last and the bottom line is always first. As a result, I have lost the nitrous oxide for basic dental care. I've also noticed dentists have left the practice as have hygienists. There's always a reason for that. I had an appointment for the hygienist for which I was given a prescription for Halcyon, a benzodiazepine. The consent paperwork that I was given stated that the norm for this is Lorazepam or Ativan unless contraindicated. I have no health history that would exclude the use of Ativan. This is what happened. At approximately 10 to 15 minutes after I took the Halcyon, I knew there was going be a problem because that stuff hit me really hard. It hit me so hard in fact that the dental hygienist had to assist me from the waiting room to her room and back again. I have almost no recollection of anything that happened after that. I remember the hygienist taking my blood pressure and hearing the diastolic number, but I don't remember much of the actual work, I don't remember my teeth being polished, and I don't remember any examination or discussion with the dentist, which is particularly disturbing. I left the hygienist room with my swag bag, and once again her assistance to the waiting room. The worst part of that is that anytime I have dental work at JD Howard dental I'm now going to be out of commission for the rest of the day. Can't drive, can't work, etc. I'm in health care so I obviously can't work after that. That means I have to take a whole day off with vacation time which is completely unacceptable. With nitrous, none of the things cited above, were even remotely an issue. I finished my cleaning or whatever other dental work it was, made my way to my car, and drove myself home. After questioning, it has been brought to my attention that nitrous oxide services will no longer be offered by the hygienist. So my question becomes, who made that decision? Oh wait, it's a corporate thing and likely a refusal to pay for their certification, or accept any associated risk. At any rate, and in light of all of the above, I have no other choice, but to seek dental services elsewhere. I am a recent Snowbird and I have found a full service sedation dental practice in St. Petersburg, Florida, who offers nitrous for dental cleanings. After a lot of consideration, I have elected to go with them and have my first appointment in January '25. I only chose a Florida practice because I couldn't find sedation dentistry in this area. This recent appointment at this facility was unfortunately my last. The practice under corporate ownership has become something no longer desirable to me and judging by recent Yelp reviews, I'm not the only one.

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Dave C Pak, DMD, MD, PA - Dr. Dave C. Pak

Dave C Pak, DMD, MD, PA

2.7(7 reviews)
6.4 mi

Never go here. I went in, got my whole procedure, and paid my bill in full on the day I had it…read more Nine months later, I got a call from debt collections. Seacoast never made contact with me and the outstanding balance was for something they forgot to charge me for while I was there. They went to debt collections over $250, when I had already paid them nearly $2,000, without receiving any notice that they wanted more money on top of the bill I paid on the day of the surgery. The manager was extremely rude when I called, leveraged things from my personal life against me for no reason when I was justifiably upset, and tried to get her little tit for tats in during the conversation, rather than resolving the issue, and did nothing to solve the situation. Dr. Pak was a good doctor and my wisdom teeth surgery went fine and healed well, but at the end of the day there are plenty of good oral surgeons out there. I did call back to apologize for some of my rudeness during my call with the manager, and, for the record, I received no apology in kind for the manager's rudeness to me or for their mishandling of my account, both when they failed to bill me initially and when they sent it to debt collections without trying my phone number or email, both of which were on file. I feel like that's a very unfair way to treat a good customer, and I wouldn't recommend this office to anyone. I have a lot more dental work that needs to be done, and I am blessed with the means to pay for it, but I will never return to this office and will encourage anyone looking for dental care to avoid it. I always pay my bills on time, and they completely mishandled this situation and treated me with disdain and rudeness when I did everything they ever asked me to do.

I don`t understand why two people would take something as simple as getting a pretreatment dental…read moreplan for a tooth implant from my Metlife H. O. Dental Plan and make it so difficult for me, a want to be patient of Dr. Pak. Was it my age of 75 or mean spirited? I was told by stephanie, who assists in surgery, not to talk to anyone except her or Tracie, who handle insurance. However, they were never available when I would call and they never returned my calls. I even e-mailed Tracie by way of their web site and got no response. When I did have a short conversation with either of them, I found that they were very unprofessional and argumentive. They must be very secure in their jobs to treat new patients this way. I found that I could not trust the information I was being given and realized If I could not trust this office in smaller matter, I certainly would not trust them in larger matters such as oral surgery. I must say whenever I spoke with Miranda or Jean they seemed very pleasant. I have since gone to another dentist who is more knowledgeable and professional in his treatment of me. He has a staff that is very pleasant and helpful.

Dieter Knauss, DMD - generaldentistry - Updated May 2026

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